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Using Application Recovery and
System Recovery
System restore
If software on your hard drive gets erased or damaged,
first use the Microsoft system restore feature in Windows
XP to restore the computer system and program settings.
System restore returns the computer settings to a selected
restore point without affecting user programs or
document files. For more information, type
System
Restore
into the Search box in Help and Support.
Freeing up space on your hard disk drive
The PC comes with a hard disk drive. Depending on
your model, the hard disk drive has 20 gigabytes (GB)
to more than 160 GB of total disk space. The PC comes
with preloaded software programs and a partition within
the hard disk drive that takes up a certain amount of
space on the hard disk drive.
The partition:
■ Houses a backup version of the operating system and
the programs included with the PC.
■ Takes up about 5 GB of hard disk space, reducing the
total amount of space available for your use.
■ Replaces the need for system and application
recovery CDs.
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Before using
the HP System
Recovery or
Application
Recovery
programs, use
system restore.
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The system
recovery image
is in a partition
area of the hard
drive; this disk
space is not
available for
your use.
Use the following procedures to:
■ View the amount of used and free disk space through
the System Tools Disk Management program.
■ Uninstall unneeded programs.
■ Use the Disk Cleanup utility.
■ Reinstall programs that came with the PC.
Displaying hard disk space
To view the amount of space on the hard disk:
1 Click Start on the taskbar.
2 Click Control Panel.
3 Click Performance and Maintenance, if it is
present.
4 Double-click Administrative Tools.
5 Double-click Computer Management.
The Computer Management window opens.
6 Double-click Storage.
7 Double-click Disk Management (Local).
Information displays for each drive on your PC. You may
need to scroll the window to the right to see the capacity
and the free space sizes.
